About the Authors

Yukimasa Takeda

Affiliation Cell Biology Section, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Hong Soon Kang

Affiliation Cell Biology Section, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Johannes Freudenberg

Affiliation Systems Biology Group, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Laura M. DeGraff

Affiliation Cell Biology Section, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Raja Jothi

Affiliation Systems Biology Group, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Anton M. Jetten

jetten@niehs.nih.gov

Affiliation Cell Biology Section, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT HSK RJ AMJ. Performed the experiments: YT HSK LMD. Analyzed the data: RJ JF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT HSK RJ JF. Wrote the paper: YT AMJ HSK RJ.